Three put on trial for disclosing state secret

Hanoi (VNA) – The People’s Court of Hanoi on July 30 opened a first
instance trial on three men on the charge of “deliberately disclosing state
secrets” under Article 337 of the 2015 Penal Code.

The defendants are
Phan Van Anh Vu, also known as Vu “nhom”, a 43-year-old resident in Hai Chau
district, central Da Nang city; Phan Huu Tuan, born in 1955, former Deputy
Director General of the Ministry of Public Security, residing in Tay Ho district,
Hanoi); and Nguyen Huu Bach (born in 1963, a former officer of the Ministry of
Public Security, residing in Hoang Mai district, Hanoi).

This is a close
trial, with the verdict to be announced publicly.

Phan Van Anh Vu was
prosecuted on the charge of “deliberately disclosing state secrets” in December
2017. He fled to Singapore, where he was deported for violating the
Immigration Act of Singapore.

The Ministry of
Public Security’s Security Investigation Agency received and arrested fugitive
Phan Van Anh Vu on January 4 after he was deported from Singapore.

Vu was also
prosecuted on several other charges.

Meanwhile,
criminal proceedings against Phan Huu Tuan and Nguyen Huu Bach on the charge of
“deliberately disclosing state
secrets” were started on April 17 this year.

Earlier the same
day, President Tran Dai Quang signed a decision to strip Phan Huu Tuan of the
title “People’s Public Security officer”. Minister of Public Security To Lam
also signed a decision to strip Nguyen Huu Bach of the title “People’s Public
Security officer”.-VNA